Film theory: an introduction

Abstract

Preface. Introduction. 1. The Antecedents of Film Theory. 2. Russian Formalism. 3. The Question of Film Language. 4. The Presence of Brecht. 5. The Poststructuralist Mutation. 6. The Rise of Cultural Studies. 7. The Coming Out of Queer Theory. 8. Third World Cinema Revisited. 9. The Politics of Postmodernism. 10. Post Cinema: Digital Theory and the New Media. Index.